COLUMBIA - Nearly a year ago, in the week after George Floyd s death, there was a spike in reported depression and anxiety for Black Americans.Â
The National Center for Health Statistics partnered with the Census Bureau to conduct an experimental data survey. The household survey showed higher signs of depression and anxiety for 41% of Black people in the U.S., in the week of May 28 through June 2.
Laine Young Walker, the chair of psychiatry at MU Health Care, said trauma can occur just from being a witness.
âTrauma can occur if something happens to you as a person, but trauma can also occur through things you witness or see. And so, for some people who saw that once or multiple times, depending on how the impact was for them. It couldâve been a very traumatic experience,â Walker said.
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More than 100 protesters gathered at Traditions Plaza at 9 a.m. Monday to demonstrate against cuts to coordinator positions at MU’s Department of Social Justice centers.
Protest leaders said their goal was to catch tours as they showed prospective students around the MU campus. At Jesse Hall, student protesters spoke out about the importance of the centers and what the cuts would mean.
The protesters moved from the plaza to the steps of Jesse Hall, chanting, “Justice for justice” and “save the centers.”
“As a victim of rape who needs the RSVP and Title IX Center, I do not feel supported by the campus,” one student said. “I do not feel safe.”